Hat-pin retainer.



Patented Oct. [4, I902.

C. E. STUBBS.

HAT PIN BETAlNEB.

(Application filed. Mar. 28, 1902.

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE E. STUBBS, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

HAT-PIN RETAINER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 71 1,364, datedOctober 14, 1902.

Serial No. 100,370. (No model.)

To ztZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CLARENCE E. STUBBS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have in- Vented certainnew and useful Improvements in a Combined Hat-Pin Guide and Fastener, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This inventionis an improved device for guiding a hat-pin through a hatand fastening the pin in place, whereby the defacement ofthe hatoccasioned by numerous punctures will be prevented and whereby the pinwill be prevented from becoming disengaged from the hat.

The invention consists of certain constructions and combinations of theparts hereinafter fully described and claimed, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a horizontal sectionalview of a hat provided with the improved hat-pin guide and fastener ofmy invention. Fig. 2 is a face view of the sheet-metal blank of whichthe combined guide and fastener is made. Fig. 3 is a vertical transversesectional view of the device in its completed form. Fig. 4 is a bottomplan View of the same. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of aretainerplat-e employed in connection with the combined guide andfastener. Fig. 6 is a top plan view of said retainer-plate. Fig. 7 is aside edge view of a guide-plate for that side of the hat which the pinis intended to first enter. Fig. 8 is a top plan view of said guideplate.

The combined hat-pin guide and fastener of my invention is formed in thepresent instance from a blank, which, as shown in Fig.

- 2, is a sheet-metal disk provided with two chine to the shapeillustrated in Fig. 3, so as to have a funnel-shaped guide portion (1,whose walls concentrically surround the said aperture 0, and acylindrical skirt 6, which latter incloses the funnel-shaped guideportion and has one portion of its wall shorter than the oppositeportion, (indicated by the slanting line e,) owing to the fact that theaperture c is eccentric in the blank, but is concentric in thefunnel-shaped guide portion.

The two diametrically opposite tan'gs a extend in alinement with thewalls of the skirt e, and the clamp-arms b are extended inwardly towardeach other in the same horizontal plane, so as to overlap across theaperture c, as shown in Fig. 4, and are twisted slightly in an axialdirection, and the lateral finger at the end of each arm takes aroundthe other arm, whereby to bind the said two arms together to form apin-clamp extending across the aperture 0. e

The combined hat-pin guide and fastener thus formed is secured on theinside of the hat A, at one side thereof, by having its pointed tangs Ctpierce the material of the hat, and on the outside of the hat said tangspass through slots fin a retainer-plate g, located on the outer side ofthe hat, as indicated in Fig. 1, said slots being formed, preferably, bypunching the metal in theoperation of stamping out said plate, asindicated in Figs. 5 and 6, so as to produce V-shaped depressions f,corresponding to the shape of the pointed taugs a. The said tangs, afterthey pass through said slots, are bent down into the said depressions f,thereby securely attaching the guide and fastener to the hat. The tangsa lie in the depressions f and are flush with the outer face of theretainer-plate, thereby rendering said face practically smooth, asindicated in Fig. 1. The retainerplate g is provided with an aperture hin alinement with the guide-aperture c.

The guide and fastener is intended to be secured to that side of the hatwhich the hatpin 13 last enters, and to the other side of the hat and onthe inside thereof is secured a guide-plate *0, (shown in detail inFigs. 7 and 8,) said guide-plate being provided with an aperture j andtangs 7a, which latter are intended to pierce the hat and to passthrough slots in a retainer-plate similar tothat described for the guideand fastener, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

As it is customary to insert the hat-pin through the hat at points backof the middle of the hat, both the combined guide and fastener and theguide-platei are'attached to the hat at points back of the middlethereof, and for this reason the cylindrical skirt 6 of the guide andfastener has the slanting edge e, heretofore described, so that whensaid edge lies against the curved inner wall of the hat, at onesidethereof, as indicated in Fig. 1, the funnel-shaped guide (1 willextend in proper position to receive the pin entering from the otherside of the hat.

, In practice the wearer inserts the point end of the hat-pin throughthe guide-plate "L .before putting on the hat, and then she places thehat upon her head and thrusts the pin through her hair. Her experiencewill enable her to direct the point end of the hat-pin with sufficientaccuracy for it to impinge upon some portion of the inclined wall of thefunnel-shaped guide portion d, and the latter will then direct the saidpoint end to theguide-aperture c,whereby it will pass through saidaperture and also between the two boundtogether clamp-arms b, and saidclamp-arms will act with a spring-grip action upon the point end of thehat-pin, securely holding the hat-pin, so as to prevent the accidentalwithdrawal of the same.

While the guide-plate i and retainer-plates g serve to increase theefficiency and durability of the device, they may be dispensed with, ifdesired, and other changes also may be made in the details ofconstruction without departing from the scope of the invention asdefined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A device for the purpose described, provided with a funnel-shapedportion adapted to be attached to a hat and having a guideaperture for ahat-pin, and said device also provided with two clamp arms extendingacross said aperture and one clamp-arm provided with a lateral fingersecured to the other clamp-arm.

2. A device for the purpose described, comprising a funnel-shaped guideportion having aguide-aperture fora hat-pin; and a skirt integral withand surrounding said guide portion and provided with two clamp-armsextending from its edge across said guide-aperture, as set forth.

3. A device for the purpose described, provided with a funnel-shapedportion adapted to be attached to a hat and having a guideaperture toreceive a hat-pin, and said device also provided with two clamp-armsoverlapping each other across said aperture, each of said clamp-armsbeing provided at its end with a finger secured to the other clamp-arm,substantially as set forth.

,4. A device for the purpose described, provided with a funnel-shapedportion adapted to be attached to a hat and having a guideaperture toreceive a hat-pin, and said device also provided with two clamp-armsoverlapping each other across said aperture, each of said clamp-armsbeing twisted axially and provided at its end with a lateral fingertaking around the other clamp-arm, as set forth.

5. A device for the purpose described, comprisinga funnel-shaped guideportion having a guide-aperture for a hat-pin; and a skirt surroundingsaid funnel-shaped portion and provided with tangs projecting from itsedge and also provided with clamp-arms projecting from diametricalpoints in its edge, said clamp-arms extending toward each other andoverlapping across said aperture and each clamp-arm provided at its endwith a lateral finger taking around the other clamp-arm, as set forth.

6. A device for the purpose described,comprising a funnel-shaped guideportion having a guide-aperture; and acylindrical skirt surrounding saidguide portion and having a slanting edge adapted to lie against theinner side of the hat, as and for the purpose set forth. I

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

CLARENCE E. STUBBS.

Witnesses:

CHARLES L. VIETSOH, FREDERICK S. STITT.

